Rising Up at Night (Tongo Saa)

The director enters into the depths of the working-class neighborhood of Kinshasa, into the absurdity of the rubble of its endless nights, where young people have stopped dreaming because they have to survive from one day to the next. The city of 17 million people is plunged into darkness and insecurity as its inhabitants struggle to access the light, developing strategies to counter the blackness, the darkness, in a personal and collective approach. Between hope, disappointment  and religious faith, Rising Up at Night is a subtle, fragmented portrait of a population that, despite the challenges, is reinventing itself in an environment marked by violence, coloured by the uncertainty of tomorrow and immersed in the beauty of Kinshasa's nights.